Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

[baybars1]

2 of my friends got their invitation today. Approval on 7th and 10th of july. Date on letters 05.10.2020. Brent.

Thanks for sharing, very helpful.

[Raihanul]

Did my invitation expire !

Hi guys,

My lawyer received invitation today and I just noticed that in the letter it says, I must book appointment within 21 days of the date in the letter. The letter is dated on 22nd September. Today is 14th of October. This is far more than 21 days. What happens now? I'm slightly worried suddenly ! Did my invitation expire !!! Can someone please advice.

[baybars1]

Did my invitation expire !

Hi guys,

My lawyer received invitation today and I just noticed that in the letter it says, I must book appointment within 21 days of the date in the letter. The letter is dated on 22nd September. Today is 14th of October. This is far more than 21 days. What happens now? I'm slightly worried suddenly ! Did my invitation expire !!! Can someone please advice.

As far as I can tell from other members' feedback, the local councils are not enforcing the 21-day rule. You need to attend your ceremony within six months from the date of the letter, which in your case would be before 21 March 2021. However, I would reach out to book the ceremony as soon as reasonably practicable, just to get it out of the way, if I were you.

Finally, do you mind me asking what your approval date is?

[Raihanul]

Did my invitation expire !

Hi guys,

My lawyer received invitation today and I just noticed that in the letter it says, I must book appointment within 21 days of the date in the letter. The letter is dated on 22nd September. Today is 14th of October. This is far more than 21 days. What happens now? I'm slightly worried suddenly ! Did my invitation expire !!! Can someone please advice.

As far as I can tell from other members' feedback, the local councils are not enforcing the 21-day rule. You need to attend your ceremony within six months from the date of the letter, which in your case would be before 21 March 2021. However, I would reach out to book the ceremony as soon as reasonably practicable, just to get it out of the way, if I were you.

Finally, do you mind me asking what your approval date is?

Hi,

That's the plan ! I want to book it tomorrow. I literally just got an email from my lawyer and the council is closed for the day. I'll have it booked for tomorrow.

And here's all my date;

Applied late February 2020
Biometric 10th of June
Approbal 16th of June (dated in letter/ no email received)
Approval letter received 19th of June
Invitation received 14th Oct 2020

[baybars1]

Hi,

That's the plan ! I want to book it tomorrow. I literally just got an email from my lawyer and the council is closed for the day. I'll have it booked for tomorrow.

And here's all my date;

Applied late February 2020
Biometric 10th of June
Approbal 16th of June (dated in letter/ no email received)
Approval letter received 19th of June
Invitation received 14th Oct 2020

Congratulations, you are nearly there, and thanks for the info.

[IrobotZ]

2 of my friends got their invitation today. Approval on 7th and 10th of july. Date on letters 05.10.2020. Brent.

Could you please let me know which council your mates are living in? got approved 29th of June and still waiting for the invitation letter...

[Ccouture]

Good morning all. I've been a silent viewer of this thread since March. Congrats all who have already had their citizenship ceremony. I was approved in July 17, still here waiting patiently for my invitation letter. Fingers hands and toes cross.

i am sure you get it soon , i been waiting since 3rd of june .. still waiting

Hopefully soon for you

[korben555]

Oh !
Thanks goodness for finding this forum !
I've started panicking for not getting my Invitation letter...
I was thinking that's something went wrong with my Approval....
I got my on 18 of August...
But seeing for how long some people have been waiting....
Good luck to us, guys !

[korben555]

By the way- anyone from Hounslow council ?

[K1712]

Hi, I am from Hounslow council, approval came in 24th Aug. 03001232253 says all letters will be arriving before 30th Oct as HO is catching up. Let’s see.

[Tirinti]

Hi, I am from Hounslow council, approval came in 24th Aug. 03001232253 says all letters will be arriving before 30th Oct as HO is catching up. Let’s see.

I doubt all the letters will arrive in 15 days. Maybe they actually plan to sent all the letters for people approved before 7th of August when they resumed printing. This is possible, but still it will take two weeks from letters being sent before they will arrive. So far baybars' model works better than HO information. So let's be patient and hope there won't be another lockdown.

[Acidifiant2020]

Could you please let me know which council your mates are living in? got approved 29th of June and still waiting for the invitation letter...
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Brent Council

[Soo123]

Hi U Aziz

How was your ceremony ?
Did Hillingdon council let you attend the ceremony without the invitation letter ?

Regards

[Faith20]

First of all many thanks to Baybars

I have been following this topic for some time as I’m awaiting for citizenship ceremony invitation since 17th July when I received the email of approval. It was quite stressful having to wait in dark without any information from HO apart from ‘keep waiting’. This platform is giving hope!

If anyone from Islington council can update about their timeline if they received the invitation recently it would be much appreciated.

[fbaig76]

Good News Guys...I have just received my invitation letter.

Application: 11/04/2020
Approval (email): 10/07/2020
Invitation letter date: 06/10/2020
Invitation letter received: 14/10/2020

I called Brent council and they have my certificate, asking to check next week.

Great works baybars1 for the model, very helpful.

[fbaig76]

Good News Guys...I have just received my invitation letter.

Application: 11/04/2020
Approval (email): 10/07/2020
Invitation letter date: 06/10/2020
Invitation letter received: 14/10/2020

I called Brent council and they have my certificate, asking to check next week.

Great works baybars1 for the model, very helpful.

[baybars1]

Oh !
Thanks goodness for finding this forum !
I've started panicking for not getting my Invitation letter...
I was thinking that's something went wrong with my Approval....
I got my on 18 of August...
But seeing for how long some people have been waiting....
Good luck to us, guys !

Good luck and please keep us posted. It will be interesting to see when late August approvals are being processed for ceremony invites. So far, we've seen some approved in early July receive their invitation letters. The most recent approval date on this forum, that I am aware of, is 10 July 2020. So, yes, still a while to go, but hopefully, in about a months' time, this saga will be in the rear-view mirror for you.

[baybars1]

Good News Guys...I have just received my invitation letter.

Application: 11/04/2020
Approval (email): 10/07/2020
Invitation letter date: 06/10/2020
Invitation letter received: 14/10/2020

I called Brent council and they have my certificate, asking to check next week.

Great works baybars1 for the model, very helpful.

Congratulations, thank you and good luck with the rest of the process.

[moh12]

Good news everyone! My wife received her invitation letter and it is dated 8th October. I tried to book citizenship ceremony with Bradford Council but they couldn't do it either due to being short staffed so someone is just taking details and to ring up next week or they haven't received the documents from HO. I'm tempted to ring tomorrow but waiting this long and considering they're probably working as fast as they can then might be worth waiting.

Online application sent: 9th March
Payment debited: 9th March
Date biometrics enrolled: 6th July
Letter approval received: 14th July
Invitation letter: 8th October.

[Frou01]

Good News Guys...I have just received my invitation letter.

Application: 11/04/2020
Approval (email): 10/07/2020
Invitation letter date: 06/10/2020
Invitation letter received: 14/10/2020

I called Brent council and they have my certificate, asking to check next week.

Great works baybars1 for the model, very helpful.

Great!
It seems they start to speed up and don’t let letters laying for 3 weeks anymore (never got the point of this).

So there’s hope now!

[baybars1]

Good news everyone! My wife received her invitation letter and it is dated 8th October. I tried to book citizenship ceremony with Bradford Council but they couldn't do it either due to being short staffed so someone is just taking details and to ring up next week or they haven't received the documents from HO. I'm tempted to ring tomorrow but waiting this long and considering they're probably working as fast as they can then might be worth waiting.

Online application sent: 9th March
Payment debited: 9th March
Date biometrics enrolled: 6th July
Letter approval received: 14th July
Invitation letter: 8th October.

Congratulations. Can you please clarify for us the approval date - was it 14 July 2020 or was it just the date the letter came in the post?

[moh12]

Good news everyone! My wife received her invitation letter and it is dated 8th October. I tried to book citizenship ceremony with Bradford Council but they couldn't do it either due to being short staffed so someone is just taking details and to ring up next week or they haven't received the documents from HO. I'm tempted to ring tomorrow but waiting this long and considering they're probably working as fast as they can then might be worth waiting.

Online application sent: 9th March
Payment debited: 9th March
Date biometrics enrolled: 6th July
Letter approval received: 14th July
Invitation letter: 8th October.

Congratulations. Can you please clarify for us the approval date - was it 14 July 2020 or was it just the date the letter came in the post?

The approval date on the letter itself is 14th July. Unfortunately, I can't remember when it arrived through the post. Sorry!

[baybars1]

The approval date on the letter itself is 14th July. Unfortunately, I can't remember when it arrived through the post. Sorry!

Thanks, I needed only the approval date, not when the approval letter arrived. This is now the most recent approval for which the invitation has been received. Congrats and all the best.

[Luna149]

post application sent: 18-12-19
Payment debited: 10-01-20
Date biometrics enrolled:17-01-20
Letter approval received via email: 14th October
Invitation letter: waiting

Thanks God , finally I got my approval yesterday after 10 months waiting it was so stressful . Plesae any idea about Liverpool city council.
and how long should I waite for the invention letter?

[fanta]

post application sent: 18-12-19
Payment debited: 10-01-20
Date biometrics enrolled:17-01-20
Letter approval received via email: 14th October
Invitation letter: waiting

Thanks God , finally I got my approval yesterday after 10 months waiting it was so stressful . Plesae any idea about Liverpool city council.
and how long should I waite for the invention letter?

Congrats mate. The way the things are looking, it is going to be end of this year.